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James Stavridis
James Stavridis
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Six Ways the US Isn't Ready for Wars of the Future
Given the combination of Covid-19, economic turbulence and an election year, Americans can be forgivTaliban Bounties Would Be a New Low Even for Putin
As Americans consider news reports that Russia offered Taliban fighters bounties to kill US serviceTrump’s Retreat from Germany is a Victory for Putin
President Donald Trump has confirmed his intent to pull nearly 10,000 troops out of Germany, bringinThe China-India Border Dispute Just Got Real
Just as it appeared that China and India had reached a détente after weeks of military escalation atMilitary Institutions and the Course of Politics
The demonstrations set off by the death of George Floyd are creating remarkable crosscurrents in AmeTurkey and Russia are at War, and Libya’s the Loser
The long-running Libyan civil war appears to be staggering toward a finale.A Cold War is Heating Up in the South China Sea
I spent most of my seagoing career in the Pacific, and sailed many times through the humid waters ofA NATO Flotilla Sails Back Into the Cold War
Some of the roughest waters in the world are in what sailors call the High North, especially the BarHow to Deal with Iranian Speedboats
President Donald Trump sent a warning shot across the bow of Iran last month, tweeting that any furtThe West, Coronavirus, and Cyberwar
A decade ago, when I was commanding NATO’s troops in Afghanistan, I sometimes felt as if I lived onThe Military Can Help Win the Fight Against Pandemics
The Covid-19 pandemic is a bracing national security challenge — and how the country responds is douThe Pandemic Showed Achilles Heel
A common military phrase that I heard again and again, from long sea voyages to the mountains of AfgA Navy Captain’s Brave Fight Against Coronavirus
I have been a ship captain, a commodore in charge of a group of destroyers, and an admiral in commanAfrica's Security and the Power Struggle
Karen Blixen’s evocative 1937 memoir “Out of Africa” was about the British Empire’s experience in KeBattling a Pandemic Is a Job for the Military
Even with China taking extreme measures to contain the spread of coronavirus — effectively quarantinPages
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This photo taken on July 12, 2020 shows residents looking at an inundated pavilion in the swollen Yangtze River in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. (Photo by STR / AFP)
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People walk along Albert Park lake in Melbourne on July 13, 2020, as five million people in Australia's second-biggest city began a new lockdown following a resurgence of coronavirus cases. (Photo by William WEST / AFP)
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This handout photo taken on July 12, 2020 and received on July 13, 2020 shows a baby panda 15 days after she was born at Taipei Zoo in the Taiwan capital. (Photo by Handout / Taipei Zoo / AFP)
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Beach chairs stand next to a pier at the Baltic Sea in Timmendorfer Strand, northern Germany, one hour before sunrise on Monday, July 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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